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US 11,850,158 B2Granted
Orthopedic surgical implant device with porous material and fluid channels for cleaning the porous material
AssigneeHowmedica Osteonics Corp.
InventorsVincent Abel Maurice Simoes, Florence Delphine Muriel Maillé, Sergii Poltaretskyi
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Abstract
This disclosure describes a surgical implant device comprising a body that includes a porous material forming at least a portion of the body, wherein the porous material is configured to promote bone ingrowth and is porous to a fluid. In addition, one or more fluid channels are formed in the body. The one or more fluid channels are arranged to define a fluidic path that exits into the porous material.
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A surgical implant device comprising:
- a body comprising a top portion formed of a solid material that is non-porous and a bottom portion formed of a porous material, wherein the porous material is configured to promote bone ingrowth and is porous to a fluid;
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- one or more fluid channels formed in the body, wherein at least a portion of the one or more fluid channels pass through the solid material of the top portion of the body and wherein the one or more channels define a fluidic path that exits into the porous material,
- wherein the one or more fluid channels include a ring-shaped channel through the body, and
- wherein the one or more fluid channels define an inlet to the ring-shaped channel and a plurality of outlets from the ring-shaped channel arranged to deliver the fluid into the porous material at different locations.
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A method comprising:
- printing a surgical implant device comprising:
- a body including a top portion formed of a solid material that is non-porous and a bottom portion formed of a porous material, wherein the porous material is configured to promote bone ingrowth and is porous to a fluid, and
- one or more fluid channels formed in the surgical implant device, wherein at least a portion of the one or more fluid channels pass through the solid material of the top portion of the body and wherein the one or more channels define a fluidic path that exits into the porous material,
- wherein the one or more fluid channels include a ring-shaped channel through the body, and
- wherein the one or more fluid channels define an inlet to the ring-shaped channel and a plurality of outlets from the ring-shaped channel arranged to deliver the fluid into the porous material at different locations.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.